Group
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A group is a collection or set of things. The things in a group often share a property or are similar in some way. For example, the things in the group might be in the same place.
[edit] Examples of groups
- a family of people
- a herd of animals
- a class of students
- a sports team
- the apples on a tree
- the hats in a box
- the numbers in the set {3, 10, 8, 2}.
The word group has a special meaning in mathematics. In mathematics, a group is a collection of objects together with an operation. The operation is a rule that describes how these objects interact.
